The Roles of Job Autonomy and Self-Efficacy to Improve Academics’ Work-life Balance

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT Asian Academy of Management Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-06 DOI:10.21315/aamj2020.25.2.4

S. K. Z. Badri, S. Panatik

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Discussion on workers’ work-life balance has been ongoing since the 1980s. However, less is known about work-life balance amongst university academics especially on the role of job autonomy and self-efficacy in influencing it. The current paper investigates the influence of job autonomy towards academics’ work-life balance. Also, it examines the role of self-efficacy as a moderator in between this relationship. This study employed a quantitative method using the cross-sectional design using data on 307 responses to test these propositions. Using AMOS 23 and SPSS23, we established evidences on the positive influence of job autonomy towards academics’ work-life balance. That is, high job autonomy linked to higher work-to-family enrichment and lesser work-to-family conflict occurrences. Besides, work-to-family enrichment was found higher when self-efficacy level was high, confirming the moderating role of self-efficacy. This study contributes to a greater understanding on the influence of both job autonomy and self-efficacy towards academics’ work-life balance in terms of enrichment and conflict occurrences. It also affirms the constructive effects of self-efficacy to enhance the relationship between job autonomy and work-to-family enrichment. Findings from this study may be used to assist various human resource practitioners, researchers, and higher education institutions to build relevant policies to further support sustainable work-life balance practices within educational institutions. Keyword: self-efficacy, job autonomy, work-to-family conflict, work-to-family enrichment, academics Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri and Siti Aisyah Panatik

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工作自主性和自我效能感在改善学者工作与生活平衡中的作用

自20世纪80年代以来，关于工人工作与生活平衡的讨论一直在进行。然而，大学学者对工作与生活的平衡知之甚少，尤其是对工作自主性和自我效能感在影响工作与生活平衡方面的作用。本研究旨在探讨工作自主性对学者工作与生活平衡的影响。此外，它还研究了自我效能感在这种关系中的调节作用。本研究采用定量方法，采用横断面设计，使用307个回答的数据来检验这些命题。运用AMOS 23和SPSS23，我们建立了工作自主性对学者工作与生活平衡的积极影响证据。也就是说，高工作自主性与更高的工作家庭丰富性和更少的工作家庭冲突事件有关。自我效能感水平越高，工作对家庭的充实程度越高，证实了自我效能感的调节作用。本研究有助于更深入地了解工作自主性和自我效能感对学者工作与生活平衡的影响，包括丰富性和冲突发生。同时也肯定了自我效能感对增强工作自主性与工作家庭充实关系的建设性作用。本研究结果可协助人力资源从业者、研究者及高等教育机构制定相关政策，以进一步支持教育机构内可持续的工作与生活平衡实践。关键词:自我效能感，工作自主性，工作-家庭冲突，工作-家庭充实，学者Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri和Siti Aisyah Panatik

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Asian Academy of Management Journal MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： The Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ) is a refereed journal that is jointly published by the Asian Academy of Management (AAM) and Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (http://www.penerbit.usm.my). The journal endeavors to provide forums for academicians and practitioners who are interested in the discussion of current and future issues and challenges impacting the Asian Management as well as promoting and disseminating relevant, high quality research in the field of management. The journal has an established and long history of publishing quality research findings from researchers not only in the Asian region but also globally.